{"id":1543704,"date":"2025-06-25T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1543704"},"modified":"2025-06-25T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:40:00","slug":"russian-troops-take-another-eastern-ukraine-town-as-nato-leaders-wrangle-over-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/russian-troops-take-another-eastern-ukraine-town-as-nato-leaders-wrangle-over-whats-next\/1543704\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Troops Take Another Eastern Ukraine Town As NATO Leaders Wrangle Over ‘What’s Next’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian Troops Take Another Eastern Ukraine Town As NATO Leaders Wrangle Over ‘What’s Next’<\/span><\/p>\n

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As NATO leaders met in The Hague for their major annual summit – where the focus was collective increased defense spending, Trump’s proclamation of Iran’s nuclear program having been ‘obliterated’, and more support for Ukraine – Russian forces gained another town in Eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

According to Reuters on Wednesday, “Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Yalta in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region<\/strong>, the state-run RIA news agency reported on Wednesday citing the Russian Defense Ministry.”<\/p>\n

Via Al Jazeera<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“Battlegroup East units liberated the settlement of Yalta in the Donetsk People\u2019s Republic through active and decisive actions,” the defense ministry said in the statement.<\/p>\n

While Reuters and others are not able to independently verify the battlefield report, this is part of Russian forces’ slow but steady momentum in the east<\/strong>, and even lately expanding west of Donetsk as part of establishing Putin’s big security ‘buffer zone’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At this point it’s clear that Kiev’s backers in NATO can do nothing about this, except throw more money and weapons at the conflict<\/strong>, and President Trump met with Zelensky on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO meeting.<\/p>\n

The two reportedly discussed Ukraine procuring more US anti-air defense systems, which ironically enough will likely be purchased with US taxpayer funds already poured into Kiev’s coffers.<\/p>\n

As for Ukraine’s push for more US sanctions on Moscow, the response from The Hague was as follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we did what everybody here wants us to do, and that is come in and crush them [Russia] with more sanctions, we probably lose our ability to talk to them about the ceasefire \u2013 and then who\u2019s talking to them?<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Rubio said at the NATO summit.<\/p>\n

Trump will\u00a0\u201cknow the right time and place\u201d\u00a0for fresh punitive measures, he added. “If there\u2019s an opportunity for us to make a difference and get them [Russia] to the table, we\u2019re going to take it,\u201d\u00a0the state secretary emphasized.<\/p>\n

But meanwhile, Russia will be busy gaining more territory, and future leverage at the negotiating table, as war fatigue has continued to set in among Ukraine’s Western backers.<\/p>\n

#NewsMap<\/a>
\nThe Ukrainian frontline continues to crumble in southern Donetsk oblast.#Zaporizhzhia<\/a> and #Yalta<\/a> were captured by Russian invasion forces.
\nOnly 14 villages remain under Ukrainian control in that area. pic.twitter.com\/CB2MgX5BPj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Julian R\u00f6pcke\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@JulianRoepcke) June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s been talk over the last months of Europe taking the lead, and the US stepping back, but it will be a long haul before European countries can take the lead on anything in terms of the outsized role America plays in NATO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 06\/25\/2025 – 14:40<\/span><\/p>\n

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